Random Dark Things Going On In The Pokémon Manga That The Anime Skipped Right Over (16 items)

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  (#14) The Elite Four's Agatha Uses Her Pokémon For Mind Control And Memory Wiping

  The Kanto Elite Four were not just terrible to others, they were also terrible to each other. Agatha, for instance, is revealed in Pokémon Adventures to have coerced Bruno into joining their ranks by erasing his memories and mind-controlling him using the power of her Ghost-type Pokémon.

  All poor Bruno really wanted was to be the strongest trainer in the world, and instead, he was made into an unwilling puppet with Pokémon-induced amnesia.
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  (#16) There's A Character That Can Turn Himself Into Pokémon (And It's Not As Cool As It Sounds)

  ReBurst, the manga series set during the Black and White games, was a huge departure from what we're used to from the franchise. Rather than traditional battles and the usual human/Pokémon partner dynamic, the story features a protagonist - Ryouga - who can turn into a Pokémon.

  That Pokémon was the Legendary Zekrom, or rather, a freaky, human-Zekrom hybrid. As awesome as this idea sounds, in reality, it looks like something out The Fly and scarily reminiscent of Team Rocket's experiments to combine the three Legendary Birds. 
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  (#7) The Elite Four's Lorelei Loves To Make Ice Voodoo Dolls And Freeze People

  All of Kanto's twisted Elite Four members have their own unique ways of inflicting pain on people, including Ice-type user Lorelei. She possesses the strange ability to create voodoo dolls from ice to help her capture her opponents. She also has a penchant for freezing people.

  Freezing Pokémon solid is a normal status condition in the games and anime, but never are its horrific aftereffects explored. In Pokémon Adventures, Lorelei's freezing of Red and Sabrina actually causes them terrible, long-term damage. She's also not adverse to using moves like "Ice Spike Cannon" (a cocktail of moves from her Dewgong and Cloyster) to almost deadly effect. 
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  (#15) The Elite Four's Lance Has A Dragon Army That He Uses To Terrorize Kanto

  The Elite Four's master of Dragon types, Lance, is so much of a tough guy he can legitimately wear a cape and not look like a complete dork. In the manga, he unfortunately uses his badassery for evil - even building up an entire minion army of Dragonairs and Aerodactyls. 

  Led by a Dragonite commander, Lance's "Dragon Army" attack parts of Kanto. They're first seen ravaging Cinnabar Gym, with terrified protagonists Miles and Evan hiding inside.
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  (#12) Team Rocket Fuse The Three Legendary Birds Into One Big Bird Monster

  This monstrosity, named "Thu-Fi-Zer," was created by Team Rocket fusing the three Legendary Bird Pokémon from the Kanto region - Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno. They previously tried out this mad science experiment on an unfortunate Eevee, nicknamed "Vee," causing the Pokémon to be able to switch between Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon at will.

  Unsurprisingly, this freaky fusion was incredibly strong. It took Red, Blue, Green, and a mid-battle evolution from Red's Ivysaur to defeat it and force the trio to separate.

       
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  (#6) Most Of The Protagonists Suffer Terrible Fates

  The Pokémon world is a dangerous place, and though death is a clear part of life there, there are far more disturbing ways for a trainer to suffer. At the end of the Black and White arc, Black ends up being sealed into the Light Stone along with the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram while villain Ghetis is still at large.

  Before this, Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Silver are all turned to stone during the conclusion of FireRed and LeafGreen, with villain Sird able to escape. What's with all these unhappy endings, Pokémon manga writers?

   

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